A Black woman in Virginia alleges a neighbor plays monkey noises and racial slurs over speakers to taunt her family from inside his home, but authorities say there's little they can do about it.
A Black woman in Virginia alleges that a neighbor plays monkey noises and racial slurs over speakers to taunt her family from inside his home, but authorities say there's little they can do about it.
Jannique Martinez said music would play loudly over her neighbor's speakers, shaking her home. She said that recently, after she alerted police about the music, her neighbor has retaliated by playing racial slurs and monkey noises.City officials have described the neighbor's alleged actions as"offensive" but not criminal.
Martinez told WAVY that the neighbor's alleged harassment escalated to monkey noises and audio of racial epithets after she reported him for loud music.
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